A family visits the MSF vaccination campaign in Maloum. The youngest child receives two doses of the pentavalent vaccine, which protects against five deadly diseases, and the mother receives some soap, a small incentive for making the trip.

A mother brings her dehydrated six-month-old child to the health center in Kidjigira, Bambari town.

April 27, 2017

Violence has spread into parts of southern Central African Republic, and communities that were relatively calm until March 2017 are now caught in the crossfire. Villages have been burned and people have been attacked and displaced. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works in several areas, including Bambari, where communities are cut off from medical care and people have fled their homes and livelihoods.